Michael Maltese
Writing · 73 years old
New York, New York, USA
Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons with director Chuck Jones. This collaboration produced many highly acclaimed animated shorts, including 4 of the top 5 "greatest cartoons" as judged by 1000 animation professionals; "What's Opera, Doc?" tops this list as the best animated short of all time. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Studio Guard (uncredited)
Rumors
Soldier (voice)
A Hound for Trouble
Customer (voice)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
Wackiki Wabbit
Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
The Aristo-Cat
Hubie (voice)
Little Beau Pepé
Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
The Ducktators
Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Dog (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Leader Mouse (voice)
Behind the Scenes
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
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The Inspector
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The Flintstones
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The Legend of Rockabye Point
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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
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Beep, Beep
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The Yogi Bear Show
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Frigid Hare
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Herr Meets Hare
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Bear Feat
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Bugs Bunny Rides Again
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The Quick Draw McGraw Show
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